Aaron Rai winning is the perfect response to the idiots marching today. Wonderful performance.

He knows literally nothing about what's going on over here and his views are worth even less than that

Brainless from Brook there. What was he thinking. Oh.

WHAT. THE. HELL

What the Foakes! Surrey keeper ruled out after bowling injury insidecroydon.com/2026/04/30/w... #Croydon #Surrey #Cricket @surreyuk.bsky.social

Leicestershire opting for the Aus test tactics of keeper up to a 70mph swing bowler. I always knew county cricket prepared players for test cricket.

Largely irrelevant nonsense, but what would your Masters Champions Dinner Menu be? I feel like some leek and potato soup, toad in the hole and rhubarb crumble would be a solid menu. But I am sure you can all do much better...

If Surrey are going to win the Champo this year, they will need to find a way to win in absolutely dead flat tracks away from home every week.

Ok, I may be reading a novel into Jamie Smith at 3 for Surrey. But what if the England management have said to him "bat at 3", Bethal and Duckett can open. We will have Foakes or Cox keeping?

Apparently Ben Foakes can bat with the tail.

This from Elizabeth updates that County clubs have spoken up. That someone thought it was ok to try and apply the gagging in the first place speaks of the undeniable disconnect with county cricket.

Let's hope they don't get fined by the PCB after the games...

Some quite depressing findings from Richard Jones about cricket’s place in the sports news agenda, showing its decline. His analysis of regional press, national radio & X posts suggests cricket is disappearing from some commercial media, and is heavily reliant on the BBC for prominence. #CRN2026

Right team you need 15 an over for 16 overs. No problem. Who is the match up for Bumrah then?

Sikandar Raza is one of my favourite captains in cricket. You can see how much he cares even when the team is being smashed everywhere.

Just checked the cricket score. Oh.

Wonderful from SA today. There really is a huge difference in the two groups.

Looked as if Banton just told the umpire he was out then to save the bother of a replay...

Just think what could have happened in the ashes if in the first test England had scored runs in the second innings and given their bowlers more of a rest...

I think Aus need a review into their performances at this world cup...

Seems the Zim Vs Ire game has been abandoned. Well done Zim for qualifying for the next stages.

I really hope not. I would like to see someone like Mark Butcher get the job.

Right, England through with no dramas. Good. 🫣🫣 Come on Sri Lanka. We are all with you. 🇱🇰🇱🇰🇱🇰🇱🇰🇱🇰

This is grim from England. So frustrating.

Put it in a bowl, crush the potatoes up a bit whack them on the top and no one is complaining...

England chose to field is one of my least favourite things to see on a scorecard.

This is turning into a "bat first" world cup

and Zimbabwe win by 23 runs against Australia. cracking match:

Come on Zim. Big last couple of overs here please.

*David Vine voice* “This week, from Cortina, we have the canine downhill”

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This is what we all wanted. Amazing. Just watched it about 3 times in a row.

Really wanted to have the ski Sunday themetune to this...

The England u19s are in a spot of bother here...

It seems loads of ex pros are coming out and defending Harry Brook even though he lied to everyone, in the full knowledge of the Eng Management. And now big Baz is saying it is down we should move on. Ok. So let's put this in a different context.

Friday's u19 final is going to be a belting match. India are the favourites, but 2 teams in the final who have won all their matches says a lot about how good both teams are.

RIP John Virgo. Thanks for making it worth staying in on a Saturday night as a kid.

What an amazing last 15 overs from the Afghan u19 team. 310 is a brilliant score from where they were. Going to be another absolute belting game of cricket.

A genuine thriller, with heroic efforts from both sides. The two skippers #Peake and #Rew batted like giants - the former patently injured or cruelly cramped. Some nerves, some flawed execution but a hellofalot of good cricket too. #Eng win it. Congrats to all. #U19WorldCup2026

Forget the T20, the Eng Vs Aus u19 game is a nail biter. Oli Peake Vs Tom Rew. Absolute classi6

The line in there suggesting there are no significant performance benefits from a laminated bat will raise some eyebrows across the bat geeks I know. The MCC is probably right but it is a cracking myth buster. #yesiamabatgeek

I am delighted to share that we have a new edition of the Laws of Cricket. There are 73 changes, including a few pretty significant ones, which will come into effect in October 2026 www.lords.org/lords/news-s...

I appreciate lots of people on here are not in favour of private schools, but it is clear as yet another school closes and teachers lose their jobs the addition of VAT on school fees has been a massive policy failure.

So secretly I have watched quite a lot of the u19 world cup on sky. Firstly I have really enjoyed a lot of it. The England team is really well put together and bowls very consistently with some high class batters. There are a lot of very good players in all the teams to be honest.

Sri Lanka have taken this game much deeper than I expected.

Or maybe not... Strong start from Sri Lanka.

Remarkable from Brook (and Root.) Have Eng really got 100 more than a par score here? Amazing what happens when you build an innings rather than try to smash everything for 6 from ball one.

I keep hearing that Harry Brook has a really good cricket brain. What if, in fact, he does not have a very good cricket brain. Because that is firmly what the evidence is pointing too.

This. We are playing Pakistan and New Zealand in the summer, 2 very good test teams and then we tour SA, the world champions in the winter. Forget the ashes. Win the next game.